US election: Ann Romney appears on US chat show

Mitt Romney's wife Ann appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and tells
viewers she hoped voters would "leave their prejudices behind" to elect her
Mormon husband.

9:32AM BST 26 Sep 2012

In her first late-night interview on Tuesday, Ann Romney chatted to comedian Jay Leno and said that she hoped her husband would win the US presidential election as it would mean prejudices against his faith had been set aside.

Asked to describe the significance if Mitt Romney were elected as the first Mormon president, the wife of Republican presidential challenger replied: "I love the fact that we have the first African-American president, that means to me that we are leaving prejudices behind. I would hope that if Mitt were elected we would see more of the same."

In clips released ahead of the programme's evening broadcast, Ann Romney also told Leno about how she fell in love with Mitt Romney at first sight when they were at high school.